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WASHINGTON: Engaging in exciting or 'self-expanding' activities, such as puzzle-solving, games, or hobbies with one's partner can reduce craving for nicotine, helping smokers kick the butt, a new study has found. Researchers including Arthur Aron, a Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University , based the findings on a neuroimaging study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning that measures brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow.

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir today became the first state in the country to declare all election booths in the coming Lok Sabha polls as no smoking zones . It will now be mandatory for all election booths to display the 'No Smoking Area' warning. Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir Umang Narula issued a circular, directing that all election booths in the state shall be 'No Smoking Zones'. An official spokesman said instructions in this regard have been issued to all returning officers and district election officers of the State by the Chief Electoral Officer.

GUWAHATI: Manufacturing and use of non- smoking tobacco products in Assam will be banned from tomorrow with the government to notify the relevant Act, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today. In July last year, the Assam Health (Prohibition of Manufacturing, Trade, Advertisement, Storage, Distribution , Sale and Consumption of Zarda, Gutkha, Pan masala Containing Tobacco) Bill 2013, was introduced in the House. "We have received the Governor's assent to the Bill.

NEW DELHI: Female smokers in India has gone up in the last 30 years but the number of men who puff daily dipped in the country where more people are smoking today, say researchers. Smoking among Indian men fell from 33.8 per cent in 1980 to 23 per cent in 2012 while female smoking in 2012 was 3.2 per cent, almost the same as in 1980 (3 per cent), says a new study on global smoking prevalence published earlier this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the year 2012 a total of 12.1 million women smoked in India, compared to 5.3 million female smokers in 1980 while the prevalence of male smokers was estimated to be 98 million in the same year.

GHAZIABAD: Smoke emanating from the wheels of the Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi Express due to a brake jam triggered panic among train passengers at the railway station here today. The incident took place around 7 AM when the Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi, which was going to Lucknow from Delhi, suddenly came to a halt due to a brake jam at Ghaziabad Railway station. "When the train was coming towards Ghaziabad railway station , its brake suddenly jammed. As train was at a high speed, a smog emerged in its wheel," an official of Government Railway Police said.

TORONTO: Tripling tobacco tax globally would reduce smoking by a third and prevent 200 million premature deaths from lung cancer and other diseases this century, researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, say. Such a large tax increase would double the street price of cigarettes in some countries and narrow the price gap between the cheapest and most expensive cigarettes, which would encourage people to stop smoking rather than switch to...

MUMBAI: After witnessing fire incidents due to throwing of lighted cigarette butts within its premises, leading stock exchange BSE has announced hefty fines of up to Rs 1,000 on anybody found smoking in its buildings. "BSE has been experiencing fire incidents due to throwing of lighted cigarette butts, which is very dangerous to the Buildings and its occupants. To overcome this issue, we request all the occupants of the BSE Buildings not to smoke in the Building premises of P J Towers, Rotunda and Cama Building.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Major hotels and restaurants in Kerala have decided to make their premises smoke-free zones with an aim to protect employees and customers from the dangers of passive smoking. Various associations in the sector including Kerala Hotels and Restaurants Association (KHRA), South India Hotels and Restaurants Association (SIHRA) and South Kerala Hoteliers Forum (SKHF) joined hands in this regard in a recent meeting, a release said here today. As part of the plan, mandated signages will be put up in hotels and restaurants and customers and employees will be prevented from smoking on their premises, it said.

WASHINGTON: E-cigarettes, widely promoted as a safer alternative to cigarettes, may actually be making teens smoke more, a first-of-its-kind study has warned. While adolescents using e-cigarettes were more likely to be trying to quit, they were less likely to have stopped smoking and were smoking more, not less, the research found. "We are witnessing the beginning of a new phase of the nicotine epidemic and a new route to nicotine addiction for kids," according to senior author Stanton A Glantz , from the University of California , San Francisco (UCSF)

WASHINGTON: Graphic warnings labels on cigarette packets could lead to 8.6 million fewer smokers in the US, a new study has found. The US would have several million fewer smokers if graphic warning labels similar to those introduced in Canada nearly a decade ago were required on cigarette packs, researchers said. The Canadian labels led to a 2.9 to 4.7 percentage point drop in smoking rates - which would mean 5.3 to 8.6 million fewer smokers in the US if the same result were obtained.